So far, chow time has left little to be desired. There are a couple of young women cooking for everyone, and I've enjoyed all of the dishes that they've made, and hope to have some of them again while here. These range from hot and cold soups to pasta to salads and omelettes. A round, flat type of bread accompanies all meals in great quantities, and often works well for dipping or spreading honey or fig jam on for dessert.

Since I'm usually the only one here for second lunch, it's taking a bit of getting used to when waited upon and specially cooked for, but I'm told not to worry about it. The only thing I have not liked appeared to be some kind of pear. I just did not care for the texture or the flavor. No fault of the cooks there, of course. For drinks there's always tea, coffee, water and (my favorite) Tang.

Apparently word is getting around that I'm a photography expert. While awaiting dinner tonight, one of the "students" (kind of need a better term for them) brought out a manual 35mm camera that he wanted me to explain and help him learn to use. Another one came over and said he'd bring his back this weekend for lessons. We can at least play around until the staff photography specialist arrives in a couple of weeks.

Today turned out relatively cool, with a good breeze most of the time. Hazy though, to the extent that seeing the other side of the lake proved difficult most of the day. The co-director of the project has arrived from Holland and I'll probably visit the excavation site tomorrow when Willike gives him a tour. We have no finds coming in yet, because they're taking their time getting started digging as they teach the students proper preparation and techniques.